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Missourians should use end of daylight saving time as reminder for safety
This coming weekend’s end of daylight saving time, when clocks “fall back” one hour, is a reminder to take a comprehensive approach to fire safety. At 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, clocks “fall back” one hour. “For decades, we’ve heard the saying ‘change the clock, change the batteries,’ and while it’s important to check smoke…
Community Living
DIVAS ON A DIME: Dinner's watching you this Halloween
By Patti DiamondHalloween dinner has a tricky job. It needs to be fun, ready when everyone is hungry, patient when the costumes take longer than expected and appealing to people who would rather be eating candy. I think I’ve found the answer: monster eyeball turkey meatballs.You can make the meatballs ahead, reheat them in a…
Multimedia
Gallery | Kearney Invitational
Kearney and Smithville cross country in the Kearney Invitational Saturday, Oct. 10.
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Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW: Dial M for Meh
By Simonie Wilson Helen Mirren (“The Queen,” “MobLand”), in a dark-haired departure from her usual blonde bombshell, gives an uncharacteristically dull performance as Patricia Highsmith, the real-life author of “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” in this fan fiction stage play (“Switzerland,” “Australia,” “2014”) turned film, supposing a murderous end to her writing career in “A Talent…
Opinion
Courier-Tribune: Rooted in community, committed to truth
This week marks National Newspaper Week, which runs Oct. 4 to 10. This year’s theme is “Rooted in Community, Committed to Truth.”For 180 years, we have been honored to tell the stories of our communities, document local history as it unfolds and provide readers with factual, reliable information they can trust. In a time when…